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Live From CMJ: Robert Ellis
Watch Robert Ellis play an entire set from last year's CMJ in this week's Paste mPlayer (Issue 30). read more
Found in: Featured VideosLive From CMJ: Yellow Ostrich
Watch Yellow Ostrich play an entire set from last year CMJ in this week's Paste mPlayer (Issue 30). read more
Found in: Featured Videos10 Great Bands From CMJ 2011
CMJ is nothing if not a marathon. For five nights, in dozens of clubs spread across Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn, more than 1,000 bands did their best to impress college-radio programmers, writers, booking agents, record labels and music fans. Here are 10 that impressed us. read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayCMJ Film Festival Confirms Program Schedule
CMJ Film Festival 2011 has released the programming schedule for the latest version of the music and film marathon read more
Found in: Movies, NewsCMJ Music Marathon Announces Third Round of Bands
CMJ Music Marathon & Film Festival has announced their third round of bands for their massive line-up. This year there are a total of almost 900 bands performing over the course of five days. read more
Found in: Music, NewsCMJ Music Marathon Announces Next Round of Bands
The CMJ Music Marathon and Film Festival announced the second round of bands that will be performing at the Oct. 18-22 marathon. J Mascis, Gang Gang Dance, Cloud Nothings and Zomby were all among the list of added acts. read more
Found in: Concerts, NewsUpdate: Watch The Kopecky Family Band's Road to CMJ (New Video)
Update: We’ve added a second video for you to check out below, in which our heroes evaluate their first CMJ performance, do a little shopping and deliver another performance. What’s a good road trip without gorilla suits, pirate hats and a few detours?... read more
Found in: Music, NewsWatch Colin Meloy Play Three Unreleased Decemberists Songs
Decemberists frontman Colin Meloy performed three new songs from his band’s upcoming album at KEXP’s CMJ stage last week. The new album, still untitled, is slated to drop February 2011. Three tracks feature R.E.M.’s Peter Buck.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsA First-Timer’s Field Work at CMJ: Day 5
While it certainly would not be uncalled for to lament missing the surprise performance from Kanye West at Brooklyn Bowl on Saturday night or Daft Punk’s cameo with Phoenix for their encore at Wednesday’s Madison Square Garden show, I think I can find perfect satisfaction in having seen 48 acts over the last five days, most of which were completely new to me. Its an obscene amount of music by anyone’s standards, but when taken in the context of CMJ’s lineup of over 1,000 bands, we’re talking about less than five percent of what was out there. CMJ’ers have no... read more
Found in: Blogs, Festivus, Local:NYCA First Timer’s Field Work at CMJ: Day 4
A friend told me halfway through my fourth day at CMJ that I would hate music after this week. You’d think that would be the case at the pace of this event (and it certainly is with some of the music I’ve seen), but time is a’tickin on the final day of CMJ and I’m still compelled to go soak in the remaining acts. To a certain extent, this week-long music showcase keeps me running because of the whimsical, almost improvisatory way in which almost everything that’s seen or heard is devoid of expectations. Sure, there’s buzz involved with some... read more
Found in: Blogs, Festivus, Local:NYC
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